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Virus Name: Highlands J

Abbreviation: HJV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
2

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information

Antigenic Group
A

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


^* HI positives reacting with Highlands J antigen only.
^** 138 litters of mice exposed, but only 7 died or showed signs of illness.

Wild birds (plasmas)	2/563	33/420 HI,NT ^*	South-central Florida USA; 1960 (1)
Mosquito pools	0/449
Tick pools	0/5
Sentinel mice ^**	1/7
Sentinel chicks (plasmas)	0/24	0/48 HI
Rodents (tissues)	0/126
Rodents (plasmas)	0/49	5/50 HI
Reptiles (bloods)	0/9	0/9 HI
Wild birds (plasmas)	0/148	5/148 HI	South-central Florida USA; 1961 (1)
Culiseta melanura	3		Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts (7)
Bats	pos. iso.		New Jersey, USA (11)

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